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kelly o'donnell has more on president obama's reaction and what's next in the gun debate. >> reporter: surrounding the president in the rose garden, the first words about what comes next belonged to the father of a young boy taken in newtown. >> we will always be here because we have no other choice. we are not going away. >> reporter: gabby giffords says many senators chose powerful gun groups over their constituents. >> the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill. >> reporter: president obama said the bill did not harm gun rights. >> this legislation met that test. too many senators failed theirs. >> shame on you! >> reporter: more anger erupted when a woman shouted at senators "shame on you." most republicans and four democrats from states with high gun ownership voted against expanding background checks. >> criminals do not submit to background checks now. they will not submit to expanded background checks. >> the way to stop violent crime is to stop violent criminals. >> reporter: later today a bipartisan group of senators will roll out immigration reform. democrat
kelly o'donnell has more on president obama's reaction and what's next in the gun debate. >> reporter: surrounding the president in the rose garden, the first words about what comes next belonged to the father of a young boy taken in newtown. >> we will always be here because we have no other choice. we are not going away. >> reporter: gabby giffords says many senators chose powerful gun groups over their constituents. >> the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about...
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also this morning president obama goes down with prime minister benjamin netanyahu in about an hour. topic one,
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president obama came out last week and said they act like they're doing me a favor by not shutting down the government. why would he negotiate with them? if he's holding a health care law that is law why would he give up the debt ceiling to chip into something he has? >> i think -- and i would put this back to david, isn't there a moment where the president has to be the president? and the movie "the american president" he sends back a crime bill because it has no potential of stopping crime. isn't there a moment the president has to stop the madness because it has no potential of doing any good for anyone in this country and you talked about president obama having relationships in congress, i'm not sure where they are but there were a lot of opportunities last week for the president to bolster senators in both parties who were calling for what he seems to want, which is to avoid a shutdown, but i just -- i can't figure out what the president wants. he's either incapable or unwilling to leads they country out of this brink. he has the ability as the leader of the free world to extend a
president obama came out last week and said they act like they're doing me a favor by not shutting down the government. why would he negotiate with them? if he's holding a health care law that is law why would he give up the debt ceiling to chip into something he has? >> i think -- and i would put this back to david, isn't there a moment where the president has to be the president? and the movie "the american president" he sends back a crime bill because it has no potential of...
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down in the middle east and the dialing up in the asia-pacific. my guess is that's going to be seen as the most significant part of what the administration did. >> since there wasn't any kind of real foreign policy news out of the interview with the president and secretary of state last night, i'm going to ask you about some leaders from the past who spoke over the weekend at the -- my friend adrienne spent a picture of my dad with george schulz and then kissinger made a speech as well that you were at. did anything interesting come out of that? >> each year the alfalfa society which basically exists for the purpose of having this dinner once a year, nominates someone to be the candidate for president. and this year it was henry kissinger who gave, i thought, a very funny, self-deprecating speech. there's nothing that remotely looks like policy in going out in the room. >> and a lot of heavy drinking. >> oh, is that what was going on? okay. >> the president was not there. valerie jarrett was there. >> looking at these pictures of your parents, the
down in the middle east and the dialing up in the asia-pacific. my guess is that's going to be seen as the most significant part of what the administration did. >> since there wasn't any kind of real foreign policy news out of the interview with the president and secretary of state last night, i'm going to ask you about some leaders from the past who spoke over the weekend at the -- my friend adrienne spent a picture of my dad with george schulz and then kissinger made a speech as well...
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first let's take it down to d.c. with katty. get us up to date on everything that happened yesterday. >> health care all the time. two headlines do say a lot about the fight over obama care. in the "wall street journal," obama retreats. and in "usa today," health law shakes the presidency. with democrats threatening to vote the white house rolled out a plan yesterday that allows millions of people to keep their insurance plans that would otherwise have been cancelled under the new terms of the affordable care act. it's meant to head off a vote in the house today on republican legislation that permits insurance companies to offer their old pre-obama care policies something the white house says will quote sabotage the law. president obama spoke about his policy reversal yesterday and how the roll out has hurt democrats, including his own presidency. >> there's no doubt that our failure to roll out the aca smoothly has put a burden on democrats. i feel deeply responsible for making it harder for them rather than easier for them to
first let's take it down to d.c. with katty. get us up to date on everything that happened yesterday. >> health care all the time. two headlines do say a lot about the fight over obama care. in the "wall street journal," obama retreats. and in "usa today," health law shakes the presidency. with democrats threatening to vote the white house rolled out a plan yesterday that allows millions of people to keep their insurance plans that would otherwise have been cancelled...
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they got tax reform down. is there a bill bradley or dan -- today? i suspect now. i think it's a harder environment. i think your criticism or our criticism of the way obama functions politically is absolutely dead on. i think there really is a lot of shortcomings there but it's a hard earned environment. >> a lot of nostalgia for those. >> i don't think the republican party is blameless in this. i think someone says if we compromise with this guy we will be vulnerable electorally. >> no doubt about that. >> joe, very few house members are scared or feel threatened. they think they are secure there is almost no chance, i believe for the democrats -- >> no, they are free agents. so many people are free agents. you don't have, like i said the party leads that can pull them one way or another. let's talk about background checks. the plan to expand checks have been flounced in the house. mike thompson from california and peter king from california say that they now have more than 100 cosponsors for the bill. meanwhile, lawmakers voted against a background check in the
they got tax reform down. is there a bill bradley or dan -- today? i suspect now. i think it's a harder environment. i think your criticism or our criticism of the way obama functions politically is absolutely dead on. i think there really is a lot of shortcomings there but it's a hard earned environment. >> a lot of nostalgia for those. >> i don't think the republican party is blameless in this. i think someone says if we compromise with this guy we will be vulnerable electorally....
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nobody is listening to ted cruz on shutting down the government for obama care. nobody is talking about it any more. ted cruz has lost. so, okay, let's give it two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, clean cr and then make it about what republicans actually fight about, saving the entitlement system, paying down the long term debt, like paul ryan's piece, tax reform that actually encourages economic growth and creates new jobs. that is a debate that we can have on a level playing field not telling the president that he's got to get rid of, you know, his signature program. >> but the president has said he's not going to allow republicans to use the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip as a point of leverage so why would he -- >> i think -- the president himself is saying let's extend it and then we'll have time while we're negotiating about it. listen, i think the president would love a grand bargain. right now he's facing into the abyss, historical abyss of being a president of the most dysfunctional washington in modern american times. this president and paul ryan if t
nobody is listening to ted cruz on shutting down the government for obama care. nobody is talking about it any more. ted cruz has lost. so, okay, let's give it two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, clean cr and then make it about what republicans actually fight about, saving the entitlement system, paying down the long term debt, like paul ryan's piece, tax reform that actually encourages economic growth and creates new jobs. that is a debate that we can have on a level playing field not telling...
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yet the president's numbers continues to tick down. it shows people are focused in, whether the white house wants them to be or not on obama care. >> it will be necessary that the overall poll numbers get better. i'm not sure it will be eefficient. he still has a floor of support. as bad as the truthworthy numbers are, i think msnbc journal poll is probably the closest. he's still in the low 40s. that's a strong thing to build off of. >> if this is the floor. >> that would suggest it was the floor. >> he rarely is below 40 in ferms terms of overall approval rating. >> that means he doesn't have far to go to have some successes to get back to the mid-40s. >> their pollster is right, this is the inflexion point. it will go with one or the another. >> it might be. i think he has to do big and dramatic things. the personnel changes they will make i think are good. >> is it a good move? >> i think it is. he has to do something big and dramatic having a 440 with a ceiling of free of at a time when all these other footballs are deteriorating
yet the president's numbers continues to tick down. it shows people are focused in, whether the white house wants them to be or not on obama care. >> it will be necessary that the overall poll numbers get better. i'm not sure it will be eefficient. he still has a floor of support. as bad as the truthworthy numbers are, i think msnbc journal poll is probably the closest. he's still in the low 40s. that's a strong thing to build off of. >> if this is the floor. >> that would...
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you have dick durbin, these are not pea party guys intent on taking down the president. they are supporters of president obama saying we got to do something about this provision this has gone too far. this not a broken website. we can explain that away. this is about the substance of the law that's hurting some percentage of americans. >> donny, let me ask you this, we always make fun of your cap. this is the stuff of the largest companies in the world. >> this is what you do. >> if you had a company, let's say you used to do jam. >> a true story. >> if they had a massive rollout the most important rollout in history and it was an utter failure, like this has been, the launch, just the launch. i'm not judging the substance of this back pedaling i'm giving you. and they couldn't get it fixed unless they shut production down, recalled the cars and went back and redesigned it from start to finish and it might delay the biggest launch in gm history for six months and you had a ceo who had his george bush for at least three-and-a-half years ago wouldn't you tell them, guy, sh
you have dick durbin, these are not pea party guys intent on taking down the president. they are supporters of president obama saying we got to do something about this provision this has gone too far. this not a broken website. we can explain that away. this is about the substance of the law that's hurting some percentage of americans. >> donny, let me ask you this, we always make fun of your cap. this is the stuff of the largest companies in the world. >> this is what you do....
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they had to shut down and they threw a lifeline to the democrats. then republicans at their lowest point ever, what has obama done now? thrown a line and both parties are in trouble, but obama is the president. >> we will get a look at the new politico magazine with john harris and glen thrush. just over a year after a prostitution scandal, new allegations of misconduct within the secret service like two agents have been pulled off the president's detail. you think opening up to smoking crack might be the low point. well, apparently it's not. >> really? >> what do you do? smoking crack? >> first, bill is here. >> it's great. we need the moment of four. >> he needs secret service protection. he needs a "morning joe" analysis. >> let's go to bill now. thank god we are in different cities. bill? >> good morning to you, mika. as far as today goes, a cold start and a beautiful sunrise. we hit the peak of this cold outbreak and now we want to warm it up and it should be a gorgeous afternoon. let's start with a roll cloud in texas. this was filled as the c
they had to shut down and they threw a lifeline to the democrats. then republicans at their lowest point ever, what has obama done now? thrown a line and both parties are in trouble, but obama is the president. >> we will get a look at the new politico magazine with john harris and glen thrush. just over a year after a prostitution scandal, new allegations of misconduct within the secret service like two agents have been pulled off the president's detail. you think opening up to smoking...
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obama's favorite programs. something she watches religiously while she is working out and while she is doing it, she e-mails valerie jarrett when she doesn't like what's being said. >> what is that? >> "morning joe." >> oh, mrs. obama, i'm sorry. >> you ought to take back everything you said this morning. >> we like her. >> i'm from the south. >> the president, not barack obama, mr. president. we like michelle. she is awesome, especially the health stuff which i would like to work with you on. >> i am nice to mrs. obama. you know what i found out? like in politics, women around me, they were the ones that get angry at what was said about me. it wasn't me. i'm sorry, mrs. obama. >> yes, good. >> i have to be nice now. >> yes you do. >> you ruined my friday. >> you know what? >> she's got two daughters. >> if she is working out, a lot of people get missed off and run faster. >> she doesn't need to. >> of course not. >> mike allen, i'm upset about something else. it's not wednesday. it's not monday. it's not tuesd
obama's favorite programs. something she watches religiously while she is working out and while she is doing it, she e-mails valerie jarrett when she doesn't like what's being said. >> what is that? >> "morning joe." >> oh, mrs. obama, i'm sorry. >> you ought to take back everything you said this morning. >> we like her. >> i'm from the south. >> the president, not barack obama, mr. president. we like michelle. she is awesome, especially the...
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you think obama care is a big enough threat to shut down the government over it? fine. own it. don't far and point at the dog. >> i like that. >> you all are laughing. >> what do you want to do here. >> go through with it. i'm going to the first lady's lunch. i'm a republican. i'm going to put a lot more hair spray in and faun all over you. >> first lady? >> you came in here to make fun of me. i look like a republican. >> you do. we have a look at that. the president trying to give to republicans and all. they are trying to make something happen in that long event the other day and somebody has got to do something to use the dime and if the president will do that, that's what we do. >> the president called to reiterate he will not negotiate with republicans and the debt ceiling is raised. both spoke about the crisis later in the afternoon. >> the american people do not get to demand a ransom for doing their job. you don't get a chance to call your bank and say i am not going to pay my mortgage unless you throw in a new car and an xbox. for them to crash the economy and you don'
you think obama care is a big enough threat to shut down the government over it? fine. own it. don't far and point at the dog. >> i like that. >> you all are laughing. >> what do you want to do here. >> go through with it. i'm going to the first lady's lunch. i'm a republican. i'm going to put a lot more hair spray in and faun all over you. >> first lady? >> you came in here to make fun of me. i look like a republican. >> you do. we have a look at that....
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obama let us down tonight. that was a real, real thing. and they did panic. and there was a ten-day period of frantic panic that happened after that. >> the president understood that. we heard afterwards he went around apologizing to his top adviser. >> he had gone around apologizing. they had a meeting at the white house the debate prep team where the -- debate prep team wrote a memo for him. he sat them down and look the blame and also pointed out -- other people who might have deserved criticism forgiving him bad advice. >> had a drink with them. >> amen. >> amen. >> you can read an excerpt in our blog mojo.msnbc.com. >> here we go. >> looks great. >> on the ipad mini. >> get that up. >> my ipad so mini i can't find it. >> look at that. look at the camera right there. seriously. there you go. that's just huge. >> looking ahead to tomorrow, former senior campaign advise wr -- adviser for president obama joins us. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ c
obama let us down tonight. that was a real, real thing. and they did panic. and there was a ten-day period of frantic panic that happened after that. >> the president understood that. we heard afterwards he went around apologizing to his top adviser. >> he had gone around apologizing. they had a meeting at the white house the debate prep team where the -- debate prep team wrote a memo for him. he sat them down and look the blame and also pointed out -- other people who might have...
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why he might be backing down in the funding for obama care. more "morning joe" when we come back. play close. good and close. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile snacks. with soft meaty centers and teeth cleaning texture ...it's dental that tastes so good new beneful healthy smile food and snacks >> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast and 2350i6: 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. wake up now. we have mark halpern and steve ratner. pope francis continues to break away and turn heads about how he talks about the focus of the catholic church. in his first extended published interview, he said the church has become obsessed with preaching about gays, abortion and contraception and people want pastors, not clergy acting like government officials. ann thompson has the story. >> pope for instancis preached loudest with gestures, and millions in rio with his first overseas trips. his words spell out his vision of the catholic church in a frank interview published in the jesuit magazine, america. we cannot insist on only issues of related to abortion, gay mar
why he might be backing down in the funding for obama care. more "morning joe" when we come back. play close. good and close. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile snacks. with soft meaty centers and teeth cleaning texture ...it's dental that tastes so good new beneful healthy smile food and snacks >> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast and 2350i6: 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. wake up now. we have mark halpern and steve ratner. pope francis...
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. >> coming up on "morning joe," president obama referred to him as his mind reader. john favro is stepping down as the chief speech writer. we sat down for an exclusive interview. first, what do you get when a democrat, a republican and independent from different backgrounds get? >> a good punch line now? >> what is that gesture. we will have the story coming up, but first bill with a check on the forecast. >> waiting on the end of that joke. we are watching a few spots and wet weather as you head out the door. then i will show you about next week. more snow in the forecast. rain through areas of delaware. it's not a huge ordeal, but a little bit out there. we have snow. as far as the snow goes, the heaviest near cleveland and the buffalo area and a little bit near detroit. that big snowstorm is over. as far as the northwest, there is rainy weather today in seattle dun to portland. be careful driving on i-5. california remains dry with all our friends in the southern half of the country. we don't have a big storm until next week. it appears we will have a winter stor
. >> coming up on "morning joe," president obama referred to him as his mind reader. john favro is stepping down as the chief speech writer. we sat down for an exclusive interview. first, what do you get when a democrat, a republican and independent from different backgrounds get? >> a good punch line now? >> what is that gesture. we will have the story coming up, but first bill with a check on the forecast. >> waiting on the end of that joke. we are watching a...
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the deficit's going down. this year alone, medicare, medicaid, social security and interest on the debt consumes every dollar that washington takes in. this is such a crisis, and it's growing. >> well, this whole idea that don't worry about the debt, you had a little tangle with the krugman a couple of weeks ago. this exposes how wrong the view is. don't worry about the debt because the debt has built to a large number what the congressional budget office is showing is that we're going to be paying a lot of money on that debt, and it's going to crowd out vital public services. and that's why we had to worry about the debt all along. and we didn't. now it's built up. now we're facing reality. i thought it was a little odd. the president said, well, we have to do something, but he didn't offer anything to do because the main part he played was two months ago, he said, let's make the tax cuts permanent, both sides, and now we see, well, you can't afford that. >> you talk about paul krugman -- >> that's what they
the deficit's going down. this year alone, medicare, medicaid, social security and interest on the debt consumes every dollar that washington takes in. this is such a crisis, and it's growing. >> well, this whole idea that don't worry about the debt, you had a little tangle with the krugman a couple of weeks ago. this exposes how wrong the view is. don't worry about the debt because the debt has built to a large number what the congressional budget office is showing is that we're going to...
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on his actual upside down approval rating every time we are in a debt ceiling fight president obama has posted his lowest numbers. >> really? >> if you look back -- >> republicans are hurt. the president is as well. >> the only time mitt romney polled ahead of the president in the horse race until right after the debates was around the debt ceiling fights. people hear about shutdowns, debtle ceilings and think this guy is the guy in charge. if he was doing a good job congress wouldn't make a mess of things. his approval rating go s down. >> chuck, we'll get you on that. i want you to jump ahead to the one that surprised a lot of us. over 60% of americans want spending cuts attached to increasing the debt limit. >> debt court of appeal ing increase s are always and everywhere. >> not even close. >> it never is. >> debt ceiling increase s are always and everywhere. they were in 2011, 2013. they are always and everywhere wildly unpopular. you ask people if they want to increase the debt limit, it sounds terrible to them. what happens in every one of the processes goes the same way. it take
on his actual upside down approval rating every time we are in a debt ceiling fight president obama has posted his lowest numbers. >> really? >> if you look back -- >> republicans are hurt. the president is as well. >> the only time mitt romney polled ahead of the president in the horse race until right after the debates was around the debt ceiling fights. people hear about shutdowns, debtle ceilings and think this guy is the guy in charge. if he was doing a good job...
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the morning after they should sit down with obama for negotiations on real tax reform as recommended by the president's own simpson-bowles commission. broaden the base, lower the rates." and it was one of the things that secretary panetta was talking about, richard, the impact, he said if this goes into effect, it won't be short term, and the ramifications would be deep, steep and devastating. is that a fair assessment, that it would be very hard to turn this around quickly? >> if you have to do all the sequester in a hurry, then yes, it's a real problem because it doesn't let the pentagon begin to plan and distribute, if you will, the cuts. but at the end of the day, whether it's defense spending, education spending, health spending, what always matters more than how much you spend is how you spend it. and so i'm not, at the end of the day, all that worried about how much we spend, whether it's on defense or anything else. you just want to have the time to make some intelligent cuts rather than have to make them literally in a matter of days which would probably mean that readiness
the morning after they should sit down with obama for negotiations on real tax reform as recommended by the president's own simpson-bowles commission. broaden the base, lower the rates." and it was one of the things that secretary panetta was talking about, richard, the impact, he said if this goes into effect, it won't be short term, and the ramifications would be deep, steep and devastating. is that a fair assessment, that it would be very hard to turn this around quickly? >> if...
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he is fighting for new regulations at the instruction of president obama. yesterday, we sat down with the vice president and a group of people closely invested in the debate including richard feldman president of the independent firearms association. and tina wilson-cohen and dr. cedric alexander from dekalb county, georgia, the police chief an colin goddard a survivor of the virginia tech shootings who was shot four times in that massacre. now we bring you part one of our exclusive round table discussion with the vice president starting with the issue being voted today in congress. background checks. >> first, i want to you ask about what has happened. joe manchin and pat toomey, a republican, a conservative republican from pennsylvania, heck, that is almost northern delaware for you. >> it is. by the way, i'm familiar. wthat. >> you know for pat toomey, this is a jump among republicans. but explain, if you will, what it would mean if we had universal background checks and the type of bill that they are talking about? >> look. i can tell it you what it mea
he is fighting for new regulations at the instruction of president obama. yesterday, we sat down with the vice president and a group of people closely invested in the debate including richard feldman president of the independent firearms association. and tina wilson-cohen and dr. cedric alexander from dekalb county, georgia, the police chief an colin goddard a survivor of the virginia tech shootings who was shot four times in that massacre. now we bring you part one of our exclusive round table...
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they talk about the obama administration's chilling zeal to shut down leaks inside the white house, another jay carney press conference yesterday, more awkwardness. so much going on. before we get to all of that, we had chris christie last night in princeton with us at one of your book signings. this guy he was talking about his weight and a little uppety. the guy loses 40 pounds or so and suddenly he thinks he is -- i don't know who he thinks he is. >> he was tough on you. >> robert redford. >> you were talking politics. it was fun. it was a great crowd. >> we were talking about white house scandals. he was talking about the windsors as in prince harry. he thinks he and prince harry are best friends now. i'm a little concerned. they chumed aroumed around on t jersey shore. you were on "katie" yesterday. >> it was fun. she dedicated the whole hour to the issue. very busy day for sure. shall we get to the news? >> yeah, let's get to the news. much busier in the news. let's go through everything that happened yesterday. >>> the irs. attorney general eric holder is ordering a criminal investig
they talk about the obama administration's chilling zeal to shut down leaks inside the white house, another jay carney press conference yesterday, more awkwardness. so much going on. before we get to all of that, we had chris christie last night in princeton with us at one of your book signings. this guy he was talking about his weight and a little uppety. the guy loses 40 pounds or so and suddenly he thinks he is -- i don't know who he thinks he is. >> he was tough on you. >>...
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in other words, he laid the blackmail line down. of course he meant spending cuts not obama care. so unintended consequences. >> fantastic. >> from the notes. >> economic analyst steve rattner is here with us and political director and host of the daily rundown chuck todd is with us here in washington and in new york host of msnbc's "hardball." wait a minute. this makes no sense. chris matthews is there and we're here. he's the author of "tip and the gipper." also in new york democratic senator from new york senator chuck schumer. so we have quite a group. >> caught the shuttle last night. >> let's get moving. we'll start with you chris matthews. chris, score it for us. how did it end up politically. >> in 25 seconds or less. >> i think it's about tactics not philosophy or health care. i think the tactics of the right the hard right really failed. their quest here for greatness. people didn't like the tactics. i think we'll still argue about spending and we should. we'll argue about policy and health care as we should and that will continue. the tactic of basically stopping the go
in other words, he laid the blackmail line down. of course he meant spending cuts not obama care. so unintended consequences. >> fantastic. >> from the notes. >> economic analyst steve rattner is here with us and political director and host of the daily rundown chuck todd is with us here in washington and in new york host of msnbc's "hardball." wait a minute. this makes no sense. chris matthews is there and we're here. he's the author of "tip and the...
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from td ameritrade. >> with the shut down of the federal government and launch of obama care, to help you understand it all, it's time for winners and losers. loser, the obama care website had problems all week because was web traffic. you can't campaign that millions don't have health care and be surprised that millions don't have care. that is like being surprised on valentine's day. >> winner, canada. senator ted cruz was born in canada so what we were worried about china and iran, a canadian shut down the government. >> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast and 5:00 on the west coast. are you awake? >> no. are you awake? >> wake up then. >> he was ark wake at 3:00 a.m. >> look at new york city. we have steve ratner and harold ford, jr. it's now week two of the shut down and increasingly like any deal to reopen, the federal government will hinge on the fast approaching debt limit deadline. last week it was house speaker john boehner saying he would not allow the government to default, yesterday he took a harder stance. >> i will tell you what. the nation's credit is at risk bec
from td ameritrade. >> with the shut down of the federal government and launch of obama care, to help you understand it all, it's time for winners and losers. loser, the obama care website had problems all week because was web traffic. you can't campaign that millions don't have health care and be surprised that millions don't have care. that is like being surprised on valentine's day. >> winner, canada. senator ted cruz was born in canada so what we were worried about china and...
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what happened was obama had the damacles over the heads of the american people over the next decade that would happen automatically. republicans are quite clear, they want the tax cuts extended for everyone. the president insisted on taking them away from some people. that will hurt the economy. he got his tax increase, but he can't claim republican fingerprints on his tax increases. >> well, wait a second. i mean, we're not living in the alice in wonderland world here. there is a tax increase for wealthier americans. it's literally a tax increase. >> well -- >> rates are up. >> what happened yesterday was that all the tack rates went up, and then the republicans and the congress together took them down for some people, not for everybody. >> speaker john boehner, meanwhile -- >> i've got to stop there. come on. >> fine. >> come on, what world does he live in? >> i don't know. someone tell me. >> john -- >> what's the deal? >> -- i've always liked grover, you know. >> how do you believe someone like that? it is what it is when he wants it to be what it is. and then when it isn't, then he
what happened was obama had the damacles over the heads of the american people over the next decade that would happen automatically. republicans are quite clear, they want the tax cuts extended for everyone. the president insisted on taking them away from some people. that will hurt the economy. he got his tax increase, but he can't claim republican fingerprints on his tax increases. >> well, wait a second. i mean, we're not living in the alice in wonderland world here. there is a tax...
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he let me down by swallowing this neo-con garbage taking us into iraq. >> i'm asking about obama. >> i'll tell you obama's short coming and it's quite bipartisan an assessment, exactly what you would say, i think. usually politicians take a while to develop a public speaking manner to where they are really good at it. it took church hill a long time, he a stutter as joe and you guys now and he developed a great speaking pattern. jack kennedy was never a good speaker until 1960 where he was gang busters, developed a public person ark. all that time in the 15 years in kennedy's case and roosevelt they were developing the back room skills, one-on-one skills, how you make friends, how you become class president, how you establish the loyalty of people one-on-one. the key political asset is the ability to sit in a room with four or five other people and have them accept your leadership. you know that nicolle on either side of the party. obama doesn't have that. he had the speaking skill way ahead of schedule, the inspiration ability, charisma, he never developed a love of politics, love o
he let me down by swallowing this neo-con garbage taking us into iraq. >> i'm asking about obama. >> i'll tell you obama's short coming and it's quite bipartisan an assessment, exactly what you would say, i think. usually politicians take a while to develop a public speaking manner to where they are really good at it. it took church hill a long time, he a stutter as joe and you guys now and he developed a great speaking pattern. jack kennedy was never a good speaker until 1960 where...
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they know the white house will be in jeopardy down the road. >> could be? is. >> independents who actually broke for romney last time, independents have pulled away. >> moving towards this disastrous roll out of obama care. >> disastrous. unfortunately now these republicans are going to have to scramble. probably not only save the full faith and credit of this country on the day of default two, three weeks later and they will do it and a couple of people in the back will throw pot shots at them. they know they have to do that. they don't have the guts to stand up and say we're the ones that destroyed the republican party's opportunity to actually do well during this time. >> to actually delay obama care. that was on the table until ted cruz came along, to actually make some gains in the policy debate about obama care. that was on the table before ted cruz came along. i love these alternate realities, the novels that play out what could have been. what could have been this month, the republican party could be seeing record highs in their approval rating if t
they know the white house will be in jeopardy down the road. >> could be? is. >> independents who actually broke for romney last time, independents have pulled away. >> moving towards this disastrous roll out of obama care. >> disastrous. unfortunately now these republicans are going to have to scramble. probably not only save the full faith and credit of this country on the day of default two, three weeks later and they will do it and a couple of people in the back will...
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so let's just drive barack obama's numbers down even more until i get down in the low 60s, you know? and that's the asymmetry. that's the problem the white house has to deal with right now, right? >> yes, but we're also at a great cultural moment right here. great political, pivotal moment in our history. i compared it last week here to mccarthy, joe mccarthy, mccarthyism. this is about the republican party and what is it going to be. is it going to be a fact-based, philosophical argument or anile listic, hateful, asymmetrical in terms of facts and the truth, as in joe mccarthy. this is about media as well. these poll numbers are about a totally different media culture than we've had in the past. and as you see in that clip from comedy central, we need to start covering this story not 50/50, this much on this side, we need to cover it factually. because there are facts here that will show what this event is about. and where, in fact, is this anger, hatred of obama coming from. what is the root of this. "the new york times" did a great story the other day about how this wing of the re
so let's just drive barack obama's numbers down even more until i get down in the low 60s, you know? and that's the asymmetry. that's the problem the white house has to deal with right now, right? >> yes, but we're also at a great cultural moment right here. great political, pivotal moment in our history. i compared it last week here to mccarthy, joe mccarthy, mccarthyism. this is about the republican party and what is it going to be. is it going to be a fact-based, philosophical argument...
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and you can't win the fight of defunding obama care. >> defunding obama care means shutting down the government. >> right. it's not going to happen. >> and that's solely not going to happen. we've been down this road before, we know what it's done to our credit ratings, as we got downgraded before, first time in our history. why do we need to go down that road once more? it's not a winnable way to go? >> look, we're all talking about it. there are other objectives in politics. and sometimes the objective is to be -- if you're vilified by the mainstream media, all of us, you are celebrated on the right. so there is a crass political strategy to what some of these guys are doing. some people like rand paul really believe in what he's doing. but republicans are picking fights for a variety of motives. and not all of them are rebuilding the republican party. >> totally off the fight -- totally -- i've never seen a more -- i think a lot of people are angry. the problem isn't just the -- >> democrats don't run angry. >> i agree with you. and you don't capture the imagination and don't win
and you can't win the fight of defunding obama care. >> defunding obama care means shutting down the government. >> right. it's not going to happen. >> and that's solely not going to happen. we've been down this road before, we know what it's done to our credit ratings, as we got downgraded before, first time in our history. why do we need to go down that road once more? it's not a winnable way to go? >> look, we're all talking about it. there are other objectives in...
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it's classic obama. he's taken two extremes and cut right down the middle. he's not getting any praise from any of the real sort of networks. that's what he does. it's too early to say how it's going to play out. >> now the president has his trophy, he's got the tax increase that current law gave him. that solves about 6% of the deficit problem over the next ten years. congratulations, mr. president. could we finally begin to address the 94% of the problem that some of us and republicans have been talking about for a long time? but this president wants nothing to do with that. we've got to force that discussion on whatever vehicle we can. >> pat, chris van hollen says we need to raise taxes more. >> and he's totally wrong. we're totally done. eck you can't solve this problem -- i don't care how much you raise taxes. you know that, i know that, we will only solve this problem when we finally get the spending under control. and the debt ceiling, and after that, the continuing resolution expiration, those are the vehicles that give us the opportunity to insist
it's classic obama. he's taken two extremes and cut right down the middle. he's not getting any praise from any of the real sort of networks. that's what he does. it's too early to say how it's going to play out. >> now the president has his trophy, he's got the tax increase that current law gave him. that solves about 6% of the deficit problem over the next ten years. congratulations, mr. president. could we finally begin to address the 94% of the problem that some of us and republicans...
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they pushed us to defund obama care and shut down the government. that was not the strategy that i had in mind, but the day before the government reopened, one of the people at the groups said we never thought it would work. are you kidding me? >> he is doubling down. >> he is. he is taking a victory lap. i talked about it yesterday. if you are one of these groups and can intimidate people, that's great. i'm not talking about on the right, but the special interest groups and it works until the day that you don't intimidate them and it happened yesterday. they are going go home and yell at them and say we will vote you out of office. these groups were just like politicians and parties that overreached. >> the issue of whether it's broken depends on what comes next. do they do real immigration reform. does he have the guts to confront the same group? do we do real tax reform and a plan that the grand bargain? if we do, this was an historic moment for america. if we fall back in -- >>ee seems very free from the grips. >> if we do entitlement reform, ye
they pushed us to defund obama care and shut down the government. that was not the strategy that i had in mind, but the day before the government reopened, one of the people at the groups said we never thought it would work. are you kidding me? >> he is doubling down. >> he is. he is taking a victory lap. i talked about it yesterday. if you are one of these groups and can intimidate people, that's great. i'm not talking about on the right, but the special interest groups and it...
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a month later that number down 17%. for the first time his presidency, fewer people are willing to call president obama honest and trust worthy than those who would not. >> mark, what's behind these numbers? >> well, this is a snapshot like all polls and not like the sky is falling. he's been lower than that. this is a dangerous time for him because if he doesn't start getting stuff down now, it's hard to see later in his term -- >> what's he going to get done? i mean -- >> background checks, 90% approval rating he can't get it through the senate. four democrats don't even go along with him. he's not going to get immigration. immigration is looking -- poor marco rubio is getting skewered out there. there's no place for him to run. no place for him to hide. >> well, i mean marco rubio's problems are distinct from the president's obviously, but they are connected which is we're in very polarized times. when bill clinton or george bush on occasion, particularly bill clinton, had trouble on both his left and right we called
a month later that number down 17%. for the first time his presidency, fewer people are willing to call president obama honest and trust worthy than those who would not. >> mark, what's behind these numbers? >> well, this is a snapshot like all polls and not like the sky is falling. he's been lower than that. this is a dangerous time for him because if he doesn't start getting stuff down now, it's hard to see later in his term -- >> what's he going to get done? i mean --...
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at the same time you saw polls showing barack obama upside down on the economy. upside down on just about every other issue. there opportunities for republicans. four or six weeks ago, because of the stupid tactics they engaged in on capitol hill. it was about tactics and not ideology. now americans can look and see what's happening in washington. they say we would like a real conservative alternative. you know how we get that? you know how we win the white house back and make sure that barack obama and hillary clinton don't dominate the executive branch for 16 consecutive years. we nominate candidates that all of america can support. people after last week said do we want to be the chris christie wing of the party or the cuccinelli wing of the party? you are on the same wing are two conservative guys. we have to get the same people who vote for cuccinelli. we need somebody who would vote for cuccinelli and colin powell all under the same tent. reagan got the cuccinelli vote and got the colin powell vote. that's why he won 49 states. ike did the same thing and ni
at the same time you saw polls showing barack obama upside down on the economy. upside down on just about every other issue. there opportunities for republicans. four or six weeks ago, because of the stupid tactics they engaged in on capitol hill. it was about tactics and not ideology. now americans can look and see what's happening in washington. they say we would like a real conservative alternative. you know how we get that? you know how we win the white house back and make sure that barack...
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part of that bush legacy you don't hear but you have three presidents down there in george w. bush and bill clinton and barack obama who i think represent us very well especially at this time. >> absolutely. you know, you go back to the relationship that mandela had with all these men and how personal it seemed with all of them when president obama came out on thursday and made his statement in the briefing room. when we learned the death of nelson mandela we can learn how personal it was. sometimes they come out with a statement we're saddened by the loss of foreign leader x but this man meant so much on a personal level. >> you see them talking right there. all those presents. >> all in one shot, hillary clinton, george w. bush, bill clinton, standing in the rain in soweto in the stadium where nelson mandela is being remembered by tens of thousands from around the world. >> it was interesting, reverend al, during the iraq war where united states approval ratings were dropping in south africa they were steady and going up because of the renewed focus on struggle, especially a
part of that bush legacy you don't hear but you have three presidents down there in george w. bush and bill clinton and barack obama who i think represent us very well especially at this time. >> absolutely. you know, you go back to the relationship that mandela had with all these men and how personal it seemed with all of them when president obama came out on thursday and made his statement in the briefing room. when we learned the death of nelson mandela we can learn how personal it...
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but if president barack obama, what sense does it make to invite senator ted cruz down to the white house? >> it makes all the sense in the world. maybe not ted cruz but bring tom coburn over. you bring lamar alexander over. you bring bob corker over. one on one. you bring them all together. guess what? you get tom coburn from oklahoma going to ted cruz from texas, hey, you know what maybe we're not going to agree on assault weapons, but how about national registration? why don't you get on the bill with the democrat? and i'm not bringing up his name again. it's not about him. it's the fact he represents what has driven the republican party into the ground over the past several years. this is the problem with the white house. they have had this attitude, well, you know what because they work against us we're not going to invite -- no. you always start -- and every great politician i know always told me the first place you go you go to your enemies first. invite them in. you call them in. thein. the morning after i won, my biggest opponent, i picked up the phone. ended up being one of my b
but if president barack obama, what sense does it make to invite senator ted cruz down to the white house? >> it makes all the sense in the world. maybe not ted cruz but bring tom coburn over. you bring lamar alexander over. you bring bob corker over. one on one. you bring them all together. guess what? you get tom coburn from oklahoma going to ted cruz from texas, hey, you know what maybe we're not going to agree on assault weapons, but how about national registration? why don't you get...
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so much of this comes down to leadership and you just got to look at president obama and ask how did he allow this to be bungled so badly. he loves to blame republicans for everything. he can't blame ted cruz for this. he knew this day was coming and he botched it. the buck stops with him does it not? >> exactly. before we go there and we talk about gross incompetence and katrina the buck started and stopped with president bush. we see similarities with the way president obama handling this. my family is already benefiting from obama care. i want obama care to succeed. i want my family to be able to continue benefiting and i want 40 million americans without health insurance to get it. but when i see this administration spend an unforgivable amount of money on a website that doesn't work and the president of the united states gets out there yesterday and instead of taking responsibility and say i'm going to fix it and rolling heads, he diminishes the significance ever what's been happening, he points the fingers at the republicans, and doesn't really take full responsibility and hasn
so much of this comes down to leadership and you just got to look at president obama and ask how did he allow this to be bungled so badly. he loves to blame republicans for everything. he can't blame ted cruz for this. he knew this day was coming and he botched it. the buck stops with him does it not? >> exactly. before we go there and we talk about gross incompetence and katrina the buck started and stopped with president bush. we see similarities with the way president obama handling...
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. >> we were talking about the hagel nomination that went down and president obama's nomination team taking shape. former senator chuck hagel has been tapped to take over the lead at the pentagon from leon pennetta, who offered some parting thoughts during the announcement. take a listen. >> the time has come for me to return to my wife, sylvia, our three sons, their families, our six grandchildren and my walnut farm. dealing with a different set of nuts. [ laughter ] >> i guess when you're out-going, mark halperin, you can do that. >> look, he's a funny guy and he survived in washington in public service for 50 years in the military in executive branch and congress being not just serious and smart and dedicated but a really funny and nice guy. incredible story. i was glad to see amist thedst announcement of the new nominees he got his ceremony and i'm sure there will be more in the next couple of weeks. >> a vietnam soldier and veteran has been nominated as the next secretary of defense and the president emphasized hagel's government service and personal connection to the organizati
. >> we were talking about the hagel nomination that went down and president obama's nomination team taking shape. former senator chuck hagel has been tapped to take over the lead at the pentagon from leon pennetta, who offered some parting thoughts during the announcement. take a listen. >> the time has come for me to return to my wife, sylvia, our three sons, their families, our six grandchildren and my walnut farm. dealing with a different set of nuts. [ laughter ] >> i...